This week the 2 year old class was introduced to the letter X.

The children marble painted paper umbrellas. Then we added cellophane

to the top of the umbrellas.  What a nice window decoration this craft became.  

We celebrated "Opening Day" for Major League Baseball.  The children

looked so cute wearing their favorite baseball team colors.  The children

made paper baseball bats and balls. The teachers made a graph asking

the children who their favorite team was.We also made

delicious pretzels to eat at snack time.  They were yummy!!

Our classroom looks so pretty and bright with our Springtime theme.

There are kites flying, colorful easter eggs popping out of a giant basket, and cuddly

and cute lambs.  We are all looking forward to the warmer weather.

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It's OPENING DAY!

So let's all play... BASEBALL!!!

 

On Thursday, March 31 and Friday,  April 1  we will have our very own 'opening day' of baseball!  We'll wear our favorite teams t-shirt and/or hat!  We'll pick our favorite team to win!  Will it be the YANKEES or will it be the METS!  We'll lace a mitt that catches a ball!  We'll put 5 baseballs in our counting books!  AND weather permittimg we'll have  a baseball game outside where everyone wins!!!

 

We hope the last day of March is a lamb day!  After tomorrow we'll count how many lambs and lions we had...and we'll let you know!

 

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Well...we thought we kissed winter good-bye.  The lion weather roared today!  

 

However-we are forging ahead with SPRING in the classrooms!  The bunnies are hoppin' on the tracks and on the trail!   Flowers are starting to sprout on bulletin boards!   Decorated eggs are filling up baskets!   Rainbows are a colorful sight for all to see!   Windwands and windsocks are swaying in the breeze!   Kites will also be flying high!

 

We are determined to enjoy SPRING...even if it's just in our Preschool!    

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This past week the 2 yr old class was introduced to the letter V.  They glued pictures

starting with the letter V onto a popsicle stick.

During circle time we discuss the weather, colors of the children's clothing, guess which

of our little classmates haven't arrived to class yet,and sing finger

play songs.  We also read a daily book, and review the classroom rules.

The children marble painted colorful paper kites, that went soaring through our classroom.

The class celebrated St. Patrick's Day by having their little green handprints pressed on a

shamrock.  

The weather was so nice that the children were able to play outdoors.  They

were very happy and excited!

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Community preschool is going GREEN this week as we prepare for St. Patrick's Day! 

We have been using lots of GREEN glitter...we fingerpainted with blue and yellow to make...GREEN shamrocks!   We will put 3 GREEN shamrocks in our counting book...we've made a Shamrock Man...a Mr. Potato Head...GREEN crowns that go...boiinngg...and GREEN shamrock shakers  that we'll use for our very own parade on wednesday and thursday! 

 

We are still wandering around the world of Dr.Seuss.  We read the story 'Green Eggs and Ham'...so of course we made GREEN eggs to eat...We all did like GREEN eggs and ham--just like Sam I Am!

The children are taking turns taking home 'Cat in the Hat' book and puppet to take care of and have fun with!  They record and draw in a booklet to share their experience with the class!

 

Our letter this week is V--we glued on a vacuum to clean up...glitter...of course!

 

We continue to watch the weather and so far the lambs are winning...yeahhh!  We are enjoying this warmer weather and playing outdoors!

2 year old week of 3/8/11

In our two year old class we continued with our Nursery Rhymes.  The children used

a small rectangular sponge and dipped it in red paint to create a brick wall on tan

colored paper.  Then they glued an oval shaped egg to the top of the wall.  A face, arms 

and legs were added to make "Humpty Dumpty" smiling.  This craft came out so adorable.

The letter "U" was introduced.  The children used a popsicle stick to glue their letter on,

and added pictures starting with that letter.

We celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday by reading the story "Green Eggs and Ham".  We

enjoyed eating green eggs and ham for snack too. It was yummy!

 For our craft  we made a Dr Seuss hat.  The children made a pattern sequence by adding

 red and white strips to the top of the hat.  We added a picture of "Sam I Am" to the hat too. 

  Our thumbprint number books were finally completed.  The books will be ready for release

in about a week. 

We enjoyed the great outdoors this week as well.  Spring is just around the corner. Hooray!!

 Learning and playing at our preschool is so much fun!!!!  

  

   

2year old class

The 2 year old class started the month of March off  by making a Lion/Lamb mask. 

The children looked so fierce as a lion, and so sweet as a lamb. We discussed how the

March weather could change from day to day. 

We have begun our month of Nursery Rhymes too. The children each made a paper clock as a craft,

for "Hickory, Dickory Dock". We continued to add a new

number to our thumbprint counting book. It's coming out so adorable!

 The letter of the week was "T'' . So each child glued the letter to a popsicle stick

and then glued pictures beginning with that letter, on the letter itself.

We read 2 great books this week.  "I Love You" and  Dr. Seuss' "Old Hat, New Hat".

Playing outside was so refreshing to the children. They do enjoy spending time outdoors.

 We had a great week!!!! 

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Dr. Seuss is on the loose in our classrooms!   We'll make Seuss hats...we'll make Thing 1 and Thing 2 with our hands...and of course...we'll make Green Eggs and Ham!  We'll see who likes them like 'Sam I Am'  after reading the story!  We'll read and rhyme with as many Dr.Suess books as we can--we're inviting our parents in to help us read even more! 

 

We continue watching and graphing March's wild weather...so far 3 lions to 2 lambs!! 

We started another counting book with 1 shining sun...hoping for warm sunny days ahead!

 

Be on the lookout for life size paintings of the children hanging in the classrooms!  Oh what fun they'll have as they create their little selves and get hands-on full of paint!  (please dress them for mess!)

 

 

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MARCH MADNESS...

March came in like a LAMB!!!   We were all very excited that it was a sunny and calm day.  We finally got to go outside to run and play!   It felt wonderful!   We hope for many 'lambs' on our calender as we graph crazy March's weather! 

 

We are very busy decorating our classrooms with rainbows...pots of gold...Dr. Suess...Lions to Lambs...shamrocks for St. Patrick's Day...and...kissing winter goodbye!  (hopefully!)

 

Come see your children's 'work'!   Come see our renovated lobby!   We are so proud !!